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Committee names subcommittee chairs, prioritizes homelessness response and flags 988 crisis-line gaps
Summary
The committee appointed Donald Brown as homelessness subcommittee chair and Melissa Hartcrow as employment chair, kept Donna Juarez as mental-health chair, and discussed an uptick in veteran homelessness, a failed effort to connect a veteran to VA benefits and concerns about 988 call capacity in Texas.
At its Jan. 16 meeting the Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee reorganized subcommittee leadership and focused discussion on veteran homelessness and mental-health crisis response.
Donald Brown was appointed chair of the homelessness subcommittee by voice vote after nominees were considered. Melissa Hartcrow was named employment subcommittee chair and Donna Juarez will continue as mental-health chair.
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